The One-Year Retirement

We borrowed a year from our future retirement to travel the world. This is our story.

Megan and Jim Luetkemeyer decided to quit their jobs to spend a year on what they call their "one-year retirement."

They traveled to 33 countries and more than 120 cities and towns on six continents, living as non-traditional retirees.

The Ambulance Mule on the Machu Picchu Trek

The numbness in my thumbs was unmistakeable, and disconcerting. It was a cold morning, to be sure, but not that cold, and the numbness...